Computing & IT
The greening of information technology (IT) offers numerous ways for companies to significantly improve the bottom line, whether through energy efficiency of computers and printers via power management, smart e-waste or asset management, or greening data centers with virtualization or cloud computing.
- IBM's Dave Bartlett dishes on his efforts with the company's Smarter Planet campaign and why he is so optimistic about his work.
- Lack of data for building automation control systems can create a host of problems and cost organizations money.
- New technologies that enable billions of devices to collect and analyze data can help systems operate with startling efficiency.
- What's true for the iPhone rings true for others.
- Now that the Earth Day backlog has been cleared, we face a flood of interesting news from the world of sustainable business.
- IBM’s Global Asset Recovery Services has turned millions of unwanted electronics into new products for itself and for other companies.
- Despite some big gains, most high-tech companies still lag on clean power adoption and political advocacy for clean energy policies.
- Over the past two years, the social network giant has improved average efficiency by 38 percent.
- The food service giant uses the Carbon FOODprint dashboard to scrutinize menu choices, energy consumption, water usage and waste disposal.
- IT models have the potential to aid business decision-making around biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- This week's sustainable news roundup looks at a range of green IT news, the latest from sustainable food and farming, and much more.
- The sales and marketing software company has set a long-term goal of sourcing 100 percent of its power from renewables.
- E-commerce giant shares methodology that links specific lines of business to energy consumption and carbon emissions.
- A new approach is needed to meet sustainability goals in today's matrix of buildings, cities and utilities.
- CSO Peter Graf explains how he plans to make all employees part of the company's sustainability team.
- Arup futurist Chris Luebkeman leads an interactive experience where attendees collaborate to understand sustainability challenges to business and the world.
- The Internet is a huge and power-hungry beast, consuming the energy of 30 average nuclear power plants per year. Can energy improvements keep its appetite at bay?
- AutoGrid Systems is the newest startup to tackle the big (and unstructured) data smart grid challenge.
- Corporate and civic leaders say partnerships will be key to cities' efforts to better serve their constituents amid population and energy pressures.
- Critics allege that the green computer registry "caved in" to customer pressure, and shouldn't have given the latest version of the popular laptop its stamp of approval.
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